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Roadcheck 2015 Results

Every year at the beginning of June, tens of thousands of commercial vehicles are inspected during the CVSAs Roadcheck event. This year showed the lowest rates for out-of-service violations since the event started back in 1991. Here’s a rundown of the numbers of this year’s event that took place June 2nd to 4th.

69,472 truck and bus inspections were completed (5.5% less than last year’s event)

44,989 North American Standard Level I inspections were completed (9.4% less than last year’s event), where drivers and vehicles are assessed for violations of federal, state, or provincial safety regulations. Of these Level I inspections, 21.6% of vehicles were found with out-of-service violations (1.4% less than last year’s event).The percentage of drivers under Level 1 Inspections who were placed out of service was 3.6, down 1.2% from last year.

777 seatbelt violations were issued.

Overall Vehicle inspection results:

Brake violations related to adjustments and systems were the most common violations resulting in a vehicle being placed out-of-service. They accounted for 43% of all out-of-service violations issued (3.2% less than last year’s numbers)

82.5% of all vehicles inspected had no out-of- service violations, a 1.2% increase over 2014.

The CVSA reinforces that the event is a real opportunity to promote safety improvement efforts. We want to know, did you and your vehicle face an inspection during this year’s 72 hour period, and if so, how was the process?

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